School Principal

Promise Schools

Detroit, MI, United States

Full time
Administration - Principal
Administration - Vice Principal

Job Description

We’re hiring for the ‘18-’19 school year!

The Promise is our Purpose

We’re on a mission to ensure all scholars can confidently pursue all of their life’s aspirations. Every student, regardless of geography, circumstance, or socioeconomic status, deserves an opportunity to live this Promise. Access to quality education is the critical first step and the promise of opportunity is at the heart of the Promise School's identity.

Today, the expanding Promise Schools network includes four schools, with approximately 170 team members supporting more than 2,000 scholars. Each of those schools represents another chapter in a success story still being written.

Our schools include:

Jalen Rose Leadership Academy

Voyageur College Prep

Voyageur Academy

MacDowell Preparatory Academy

We are recruiting for the ‘18-’19 school year!If you are a passionate, mission-driven educator who is ready to join our 180+ education professionals and prove what’s possible for the promise of opportunity,we can’t wait to speak with you!

If you are looking for immediate opportunities, please visit: www.promiseschools.org

Our Promise to You - growing education leaders

We aspire to be the ideal platform for teachers to teach and leaders to lead. We promise to grow education professionals as part of a supportive, collaborative team, inspiring scholars and excelling through robust development opportunities. For example:

Our professionals are a family of educators.Team member relationships are fortified by care and respect and network-wide social events play a central role in cultivating a sense of unity and belonging.

Our educators operate as professionals.A balance of support and autonomy gives schools and teachers both the structure and freedom needed to achieve meaningful and lasting results, both in and out of the classroom.

We want you to grow with us over the long-term.Professionals at our schools are presented with clearly defined professional growth through the Promise Schools Teacher Career Pathway or the School Leadership Pathway. We also offer differentiated professional development and personalized coaching for teachers and administrators - allowing our educators to realize their best selves.

Our Promise to Scholars

Promise Schools educators are on the front lines influencing the leaders of tomorrow. We are looking for educators who strive to provide scholars every opportunity to reach their potential. At the most basic level,our education professionals promise to provide scholars with a safe, caring, and thriving learning community.You will also ensure that scholars improve in the areas that enable their pursuit of happiness. We call these the Promise Schools “Big 3”:

Academic Hard Skills - The essential knowledge and skills to succeed

Soft Skills and Mindsets - The resilience and adaptiveness to thrive

Identity, Relevance and Belonging - Knowing that you matter as a part of something greater than yourself

The Big 3 provides focus to our work as professionals towards our promise to graduate scholars who are ready to pursue college, careers and their greatest aspirations.

Strong applicants will have:

A Bachelor’s degree

An active Michigan teaching endorsement preferred

An active Michigan K-12 administrator credential or ability to demonstrate a clear path to obtain certification in the near future

At least two years of teaching experience with a proven track record of high student achievement or a new teacher with the demonstrated ability to contribute to closing the achievement gap immediately

Unrelenting, high expectations for student achievement

An openness to feedback and collaboration with a solutions-oriented mindset

Your employment offer will be contingent upon:

Successful completion of your background check;

Verification of your identity and ability to legally work within the United States.

If you are ready to jump-start your education career and positively contribute to a team that is making strides towards closing the achievement gap, apply today!

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Our HistoryPromise Schools was created in 2013 with a specific mandate: to ensure all scholars can confidently pursue all of their life’s aspirations. This work is our purpose - to empower the pursuit of happiness. Access to quality education is the critical first step and the promise of opportunity is at the heart of the Promise School's identity. Every student, regardless of race, circumstance, and socioeconomic status deserves an opportunity to live this Promise.

We provide access to a quality college-prep education so that scholars have the skill and will to achieve their dreams and pursue their happiness in college or in whatever path they may choose.Today, the expanding Promise Schools network includes five schools, with approximately 170 team members supporting more than 2,000 scholars.

Each of those schools, Voyageur Academy, Voyageur College Prep, MacDowell Preparatory Academy, and Jalen Rose Leadership Academy represents another chapter in a success story still being written.